Check Point Advisories

Borland Software InterBase ibserver.exe Service Attach Request Buffer Overflow (CVE-2008-1910)

Check Point Reference: CPAI-2013-3550
Date Published: 12 Nov 2013
Severity: Critical
Last Updated: Tuesday 12 November, 2013
Source:
Industry Reference:CVE-2008-1910
Protection Provided by:

Security Gateway
R81, R80, R77, R75
Who is Vulnerable?
Vulnerability Description A buffer overflow vulnerability has been reported in Borland InterBase Server. The vulnerability is due to lack of
boundary protection while processing Service Attach requests. A remote unauthenticated
attacker can send a crafted request to the target host to exploit this vulnerability. Successful attack could
allow for arbitrary code being injected and executed with the privileges of the affected service.

Protection Overview

This protection will detect and block attempts to exploit this vulnerability.

In order for the protection to be activated, update your Security Gateway product to the latest IPS update. For information on how to update IPS, go to SBP-2006-05, click on Protection tab and select the version of your choice.

Security Gateway R80 / R77 / R75

  1. In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the Borland Software InterBase ibserver.exe Service Attach Request Buffer Overflow protection using the Search tool and Edit the protection's settings.
  2. Install policy on all Security Gateways.

This protection's log will contain the following information:

Attack Name:  Database Protection Violation.
Attack Information:  Borland Software InterBase ibserver.exe Service Attach Request Buffer Overflow

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